Bow tie rack



May 12, 1959 v. L. ARRINGTON ETAL 2,886,185

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24 zz mwfim YEW i 2,886,185 r 1:. BOWTIERACK Vance L. Arrington and Russell ziaui, Hastings, Nebr. Application June 8, 1956, Serial No. 590,318

1 Claim. (CL 211-419) This invention relates to. a tie rack. More particularly, theyinvention isa bow tie hack, so designed as to be usable for the purpose of. supporting a plurality of bow ties of the clip-on type. I j A ;The invention comprises. a generally rectangular frame adaptedto be carried bywa suitable support and having at least one pair of flat, wide, parallel support bars extending between opposed portions of the frame. The bars are so formed as to permit a plurality of clip-on bow ties to be carried by the bars with the bow ties spaced apart along the length of the bars and being individually extended transversely of the bars. The bars are shaped and spaced in a manner to permit the conventional clips of the bow ties to be clampably engaged with the respective bars, in the same manner that said clips are engaged with spaced portions of a conventional shirt collar when the bow tie is being worn.

The invention includes a lower extension of the frame, adapted for supporting four-in-hand ties, a swinging clamp bar being mounted on said extension.

Heretofore, it has been proposed to provide tie racks formed as wire frames, for the purpose of supporting four-in-hand ties. However, to our knowledge there has not been previously conceived a tie rack specially adapted for supporting in spaced relation a plurality of clip-on bow ties, which rack includes spaced bars having particular shapes and spaced relationships that will effect the support of each bow tie by making use of the clamp ing action inherent in the clips conventionally provided on said bow ties.

Among more specific objects of the invention are the provision of a tie rack as stated that can be formed entirely from lengths of wire material with the exception of the bow tie support bars.

Another object of the invention is to so design the frame of the device as to facilitate connecting a suspension hook and/or various types of mounting brackets thereto.

A further object is to provide a combination bow tie and four-in-h'and tie rack, so designed that the frame assembly will be formed to define not only a four-in- ;hand tie support bar, but also means for carrying a bow tie support assembly as well as a swinging clamp arm for the four-in-hand tie support bar.

Still another object is to design the rack in such a manner that it can be at least partially collapsed to permit it to be packed fiat in a suitacase for travel, with the device further being designed to facilitate its mounting in a closet or similar enclosure in a minimum amount of space.

Other objects will appear from the following description, the claim appended thereto, and from the annexed drawing, in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the rack constituting the invention, a supported. bow tie and four-inhand tie .being shown in dotted lines;

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of the device,

portions being broken away 'as seen fi'om -the left of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is Figure 1. a

atransversej section onfline 3---3 "of r The rack which we have devisedincluqles a wire 'suspension' hook 10 having a closed loop at its lower end loosely, pivotally engaged in anupwardly projecting loop 12 formed as a single 'coil'at thernidlengthpor-' tion of an elongated, straight ,-horizontal top rail 14ofi a wire support frame generally designated 15. Frame 15 J includes side members 16, '18 vertically depending from and integral with opposite ends of top rail 14: Member; 18, at its lower end, merges into a circular, closed loop 20 formedas a single coil lying in a substantially verticalplane andthe loop in turn merges into a support bar' 22 extending horizontally to and 'fixedly connected with 1 thelower extremity of s ide member lfi, to provide a support bar for. aplurality of four-in-hand ties A.

v To hold' ties A against slippage, an elongated, straight clamp. bar 24,1e'xtending almost-the full. length of support bar 22, is formed at one end with a. horizontal loop 26 merging into a short longitudinal extension 27 that defines a stop finger limiting swinging movement of clamp bar 24 to the left in Figure 6, beyond a position in which it parallels and is in closely spaced relation to the support bar 22. At its free end, bar 24 has a U-shaped extension 28 lying in a vertical plane oblique to the length of bar 24 and adapted as a keeper for receiving bar 22. A short extension 29 on the keeper 28 provides a handle facilitating swinging of the clamp bar to and from its tie-clamping position.

The tie support bar 22 and its associated clamp bar 24 may be omitted from the bow tie rack if desired, but are preferably used in combination therewith, the invention being considered as including not only the bow tie support assembly per se, but also the arrangement wherein a single support frame is common to and defines parts of both a bow tie support and a four-in-hand tie support.

With respect to the bow tie support, an elongated, straight, horizontal rod 30 is disposed adjacent bottom rail 22, and has closed loops 32 receiving side members 16, 18. Spaced longitudinally of rod 30 and top rail 14 are pairs of bow tie support bars 34. All the bars 34 are identical to each other, each being formed as a straight length of fiat, wide, relatively thin bar material. The thickness of bars 34 should be equal, approximately, to the thickness of aconventional shirt collar and the width of each bar 34 should be sufiicient for taking the full clamping action of a clip C of a conventional clip-on bow tie B. This is desirable in view of the fact that a conventional clip C of the type shown will not have a proper clamping action except upon a surface extending for a substantial part of the length of the clip as distignuished, for example, from a narrow surface such as would be defined by a length of wirematerial.

At opposite ends, each bar 34 has rolled sleeves 36, 38 receiving the rod 30 and top rail 14. The sleeves are clampably engaged about their associated rods, with the bars 34 of each pair in a selected, laterally spaced relationship facilitating the connection of a bow tie thereto.

It is believed apparent that the invention is not necessarily confined to the specific use or uses thereof described above, since it may be utilized for any purpose to which it may be suited. Nor is the invention to be necessarily limited to the specific construction illustrated and described, since such construction is only intended to be illustrative of the principles of operation and the means presently devised to carry out said principles, it being considered that the invention comprehends any minor 'changegimcons tructionthat-may, be permitted within the of wire material including ahorizontal top rail and side membe etti lly epend eefiem, nd integ al opposite ends of said top rail, said side members be ng, t e e tt ein en 1 end/th reof. a d-e tend ngdnp npenmed ally/ tween ppo ite fill$lfih0i w t a. g e il; :pmie in pwa d y no. form a su pe s o l p; sus-.. pen ion ame t s o ely omiecte qtsa d coil an com..

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tweenthe respective side. mfimbers to provide a baI'ancF ing;of,=thq;welight1of the.,d e,vi.ce,at oppfisitesides, of-the, suspension hook; an..el0nga ted,- straight, horizontal rodv extending between the side, members below. the. .top rail,-

said .rodbeingformed at opposite ,ends thereof with closed 0 loopshinahorizontal planesmeceiving the respectiveside members; and a plurality. of pairs 10f 'bowtiesupport bars, the ,numbnof pai-rs. between the suspension. hook and oneside member being .equal to the number between the suspension hook and the other side member, the bars of, one. .pair, being. spaced apart a. distance. equal. to the corresponding spacing between the bars of the other pair, the spacing of the bars of the pair at one side of the suspension hook from the side member disposed at said side of the suspension hook being equal to the spacing of the bars of the pair of the other side of the suspension hook from the other side member, the support bars being each formed, at opposite ends thereof, with rolled sleeves ineulet el tio o them, a ;v e p il-z ei gtte medi 10 tegrally formed upon the-support bars, said sleeves receiving the .top rail and sai cltrod respectively. I

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